From June 3, imports of Russian and Belarusian agricultural products into Lithuania are prohibited

The Lithuanian Customs Department reports that, as of June 3, 2024, a ban on the import of agricultural products and animal feed from Russia and Belarus came into force, in accordance with the list approved by a resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania .

The list includes food products of animal origin, live animals, fish and crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic invertebrates, milk and dairy products, bird eggs, and natural honey.

The import into Lithuania of various plant products from Russia and Belarus is also prohibited. The prohibited list includes cereals, edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers, edible fruits and nuts, peel and citrus or melon rinds, coffee, tea, maté and spices, trees and other plants, bulbs, roots and other similar parts of plants, cut flowers and ornamental foliage, ground products, malt, starch, inulin, wheat gluten, oil seeds and fruits, various grains, seeds and fruits, plants used in industry and medicine, straw and fodder, vegetable textile materials, vegetable products, shellac, gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts.

The resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania prohibits animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and products of their decomposition, prepared edible fats, and animal or vegetable waxes.

From June 3, finished food products and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages may not be imported into Lithuania. These include various products made from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates or insects, as well as sugar and sugar confectionery, cocoa and cocoa products, products made from cereals, flour, starch or milk, vegetables, fruits, products made from nuts or other parts of plants, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, vinegar, residues and waste from the food industry, and prepared animal feed.

In addition to food products, a resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania prohibits the import from Russia and Belarus of tobacco and processed tobacco substitutes, products containing or not containing nicotine that are intended to deliver nicotine into the human body.

The government resolution prohibits the import of the listed products from Russia and Belarus, but their transit through the territory of Lithuania is not prohibited.

Source: lrmuitine.lt
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